Proof there is no god: Jersey Shore's Situation will earn $5m in 2010

By Sam| 10 years ago

Flashing your abs and acting like a D-bag everywhere you go is unexpectedly lucrative: Jersey Shore's breakout star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino stands to earn more than US$5 million ($5.6 million) this year.

Flashing your abs and acting like a D-bag everywhere you go is unexpectedly lucrative: Jersey Shore's breakout star Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino stands to earn more than US$5 million ($5.6 million) this year.

Sigh.

So how is The Situation making this fortune that will keep him in fake tan for the rest of his life? In addition to Jersey Shore, which earns him close to US$60,000 per episode, he rakes in $1 million a year from appearance fees, sells a bunch of merchandise (including an ab video workout), plans to write an autobiography, and endorses products including vodka and Vitamin Water.

It gets worse: not only is The Situation angling to appear on the US Dancing with the Stars, there's also the possibility he might appear in real, actual movies.